Tag Archives: Noordin Top
Dear SBY re: Terrorism Strategy
Dear SBY: You got re-elected. Noordin Top is dead. And terrorism in Indonesia has faded from the headlines. After the first half of this decade, Indonesian intelligence co-opted terrorist groups and brought them into the conversation. After multiple bombings earlier … Continue reading
“This is a Lebaran gift for the people of Indonesia”
Terrorism is not new and it was certainly not a twenty-first century invention. Our collective reactions to acts of terrorism are, in part, what defines the success of the terrorist act itself. Often, we don’t do too well. The Indonesian … Continue reading